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MulticulturalFoundations
South University
Takia Owens
Dr. Campen
02-16-2021
“I can sum up what I’ve learned about life in three words: it goes on.” This is one of the three quotes I live by, since I began my paper with it. You might be wondering why. First and foremost, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Takia M. Owens. Monique is my name, although I go by Kiki and O. I was born and raised in Queens, New York. I moved to South Carolina when I was in sixth grade. I despise having to relocate with my folks. I’m the only girl in a family of three boys, which is known as “middle child syndrome,” but to rewind a little, I wished I could stay in New York, but the judge granted my mother custody. How did a functional drug addict get custody of their child?
I was a tomboy growing up in a household full of boys. We couldn’t afford too much. We were impoverished, truly impoverished. Growing up, I always felt like I could not be myself. I was shy and didn’t say much. I didn’t know how to express my feelings. I used to tell my mother that I had a speech problem. So she would never put me in speech, so I suffer from it a lot now. I liked school, because I disliked being at home. Instead of being at home dealing with my family, I usually find a friend who I stay with. I wasn’t really a good student at the time. I didn’t do much at school, but I actually participated in the yearbook club. I didn’t care since I wanted to major in fashion and that was my passion.
My godmother, who was my only form of assistance, was not supportive of my plan to attend fashion school. She said she was going to not help me off. So I went to college and majored in biology before switching to sociology. My journey, begins with an examination of how my own life impacts my therapy experience.
I used to think I wasn’t gorgeous as a dark African American woman. When I was younger, I was picked on. Because, as I already indicated, we were impoverished and my mother was addicted to drugs. When I was younger, my mother was extremely harsh with me, and I was never told to love myself. Returning to the black community, we are traumatized. You might be wondering how I can become a therapist when I’ve been through so much trauma. That is an excellent question. Let’s return to the African-American community. Some black parents, I’ve noticed, don’t know how to raise their children. They are learning while they raise their children. The African American community is shown to teach their children tough love. In the end, this harmed us.
As I grew older, I observed that my mother was more affectionate toward my brothers than she was toward me. I had no idea how to deal with my emotions, which had a significant impact on me, particularly expressing my anger. We all learn from our mistakes and try to improve. As a result, the transition from New York to South Carolina was jarring. There were a number of low-key racist educators. There was a huge diversity in the north, but when I went to school down here, it was just whites and blacks. I constantly told myself that when I finished high school that after I graduated, I never would look back. You know, life does not really work that way. I wish I could go back in time and tell myself that life happens and everything will be fine. I was a people-pleaser who preferred to keep to myself. I disliked drama and preferred to simply go. Transitioning from youth to adulthood was a huge change. With little assistance, transforming into a woman was terrifying.
My grandmother always told me that a lady should never leave the house undressed, and that, as a black woman, you should never appear to be an angry black woman. You might be wondering what she means. It simply portrays black women as more hostile, aggressive, overbearing, irrational, irritable, and bitter than white women. So the big question is: how come I can’t speak my mind without seeming so ghetto? She will say you don’t want people to feel threatened by you. As I previously indicated, I hoped to pursue a career in fashion and modeling, but life does not always go as planned. At times, I wish I had gone with my decision and not the basic opinion of others. Which I do have a hard time dealing with. I take everyone’s opinions and always back out of doing what is best for me.
Thinking back, I should have followed my dreams. Being African American, I believe, is difficult. We constantly feel as if we’re going to be left behind. I grew raised with a father as well, as I constantly mention my mother. She was in charge of everything. He didn’t have a lot of say in the matter. My mother is African American and my father is Jamaican. She does have a slight amount of Indian blood in her. As I notice in life we encounter a lot of things in life and don’t know how to deal with them.
Growing up as an African American, you’re often told to “get over it” or “things will happen.” I don’t think mental health was allowed back then, or whether it was, parents didn’t believe their kids. I often quote, “Everything occurs for a reason,” As thrilling as it was to enter college and meet new people, you really had no idea how much I struggled with being sociable in college. This was a major problem for me. I really went to an HBCU because I needed to feel pretty. I’ve realized that my social skills have become dry. How can it be that I’m supposed being in college for 4 years but I get nervous when I talk to people or even when a guy speaks? So tell me why I chose to take public speaking lessons. What was I doing? Then I decided to join a sorority that I could speak up. I was a broke college student trying to make it, but on the bright side, I graduated with honors.
College taught me how to deal with individuals and their troubles, as well as how to listen instead of talking too much. Eighty percent of African Americans are traumatized and have no idea how to deal with it. Simply decide to keep going. As for me, I just knew I didn’t want to be cursed by this generation. I hated going home, so college felt like home. I’ve noticed that some African American mothers dislike their daughters.
Although graduation from college was a major accomplishment, I felt as if I had no plans. I came back home (to the area I said I would never return) to work at Burger King, in which I have worked for the past ten years. I was just thinking about how I have a degree but can’t seem to achieve anything with it. I was depressed and ready to give up. I started my master’s program, but when I became pregnant, I felt ashamed, so I continued my studies while working two jobs.
I didn’t have a solid support system at the time, and there was a lot of negativity. I returned to school after having the kid, but only for a semester because I had no one to help me. Having a child with no support is hard. When all you doing is fussing and crying is really mess up your mental health. As did not know how to deal with the current situation. My life was in shambles. I was overeating and just not there mentally. As life passed, I met some great people who taught me a lot.
After having a child, I noticed that I did know myself and what was best for me. In the year 2021, I learned so much about myself which was amazing experience. Last year, I started school again. I had this supervisor that pushed me to go back, and I actually learned how to date myself. You probably like where this heading is. Dec 30 2020, my best friend pass, this hit really hard. I really did not know how to take this experience until this day I struggle with it. My grandmother told me I need to get over it. How can you tell someone that? People handle death different. I would not want tell my future clients that. This what made me want attend counseling.
I should not pass judgment as a prospective counselor, but I genuinely want an African American counselor who will understand me as a person. But I had one that she just didn’t get; it’s almost as if she never showed up or didn’t take notes while we chatted. I felt like I was wasting my time, so I halted my counseling appointment there. Around the end of April, I decided to test out BetterMe, a counseling website that claims to find you a counselor in your town or within driving distance.
I had three counselor and I finally made it to my fourth counselor in July of 2021. As I learn so much from counseling to help with my anxiety and depression. Also and understanding my past trauma I went through at young teen/adult. As I can actually speak my mind and not feel guilty about doing. Everyone one is not perfect but we all do learn. During counselling I had a problem saying no I feel bad if I say no like god is going to punish me if I tell people no. Being in counseling and let me learn how to show emotions or how to better deal with my clients. My life show me that you can do anything you put your mind to. Being an African American female you just got grind harder at what you want.
To include life is all about learning and what’s for you will always be for you. As African American do have a hard time. But overall it an eye opener for other that we are actually out here succeeding and enjoying life. As we do work 10x harder than any other race. As a child I always wonder how the mind work and why people do what they do. As I major and counseling I also want go for my Psyd. In clinical psychology I want do more with the forensic psychology background.
As we enter the life of a counselor, populations most qualified to work with I actually have work with a lot of populations so far and the most interesting is the prison population. I have been with the prison for over 3.5 years and try me I will never and life think I could work at a prison and you talking about counseling there also. This was new learning experience for me but I also notice that dealing with the prison mental health is more environment thing mental health at times.
As working with mental health for over 10 years I work with children with disabilities to adults with psychiatric issues. To the prison with anything you can imaging they did to come back there. Actually do not have population that I feel uncomfortable with yet as im still learning but I have deal with the rapist and the abuser but I feel it’s a trauma they did with as children. Dealing with clients or inmates I do not judge their criminals or what they did any their past or I trying not to. Im still learning as I future my education and skills.
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Part 3. – Current stage of identity development (Where are you according to the popular theories and why?) |
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Part 4 – How parts 1, 2 and 3 affect your worldview |
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Resubmission of coursework from other courses or other instances of this course, partial or entire assignments, is not permitted in this course. If your paper is not related to this specific assignment, you will be given a grade of 0%.
Multicultural Foundations Paper
*20% of Grade*
Students will write a history and reflection paper about themselves. This paper will focus on their historical background, life experiences, and current identity development. Students will write about how those factors affect their worldview and how they engage others in society. Included in this analysis will be an examination of how this might affect the counseling relationship. The paper will count for 20% of your overall grade.
The paper must be typed with a minimum of 8 FULL pages using double spaced 12-point New Times Roman font. Papers should be formatted and written in APA style where possible. Please avoid plagiarism. You may use TurnitIn and PERRLA for assistance. See the scoring rubric for details on how submissions will be scored… and use it as a guide in preparing your paper.
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Title Page
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Abstract
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Introduction
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Review of Literature
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Method
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– Apparatus and Measures
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• Expected Results
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– Participants
– Methods and
Materials
– Anticipated results
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• Establishes the issues or concerns that
leads to the study
• Conveys information about the problem
• Places the study within the larger context
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Introduction
• The primary purpose of a review of
literature is to demonstrate why your study
is necessary.
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others that relates to your topic
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• Review
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Review and Evaluate
• Corrigan, Rowan, Green, Lundin, River, Uphoff-
Wasowski, White and Kubiak (2002) conducted
two studies examining the causal processes in
contact, fear and rejection. Corrigan et al. posited
two models to account for stigmatizing reactions.
In the first model, labeled personal responsibility,
beliefs about personality responsibility influences
both the level of pity and anger displayed toward
mental patients. Additionally, the variables of pity
and anger influence helping behavior. In the
second model, labeled dangerousness, perceived
dangerousness influences fear of mental patients,
which in turn influences the avoidance of the
mentally ill.
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• Taken as a whole, it appears that exposing
these myths as myths increases the
acceptance of the mentally ill and that staged
contact with a mentally person to expose
myths has an even more powerful effect.
Caution must be advised, though; Martin et
al.’s (2002) and Alexander and Link’s (2003)
studies and the first study of Corrigan et al.
(2002) were based upon paper and pencil
methodologies. And while Corrigan et al.’s
(2002) second study involved staged Myths
of violence 6 presentations, it was conducted
in a college setting with a college sample.
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• Participants
– Who will be in your study?
– What population did you use?
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assigned to each condition
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participants (age, sex, etc.)
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• Was the selection restricted in some way?
– All counseling majors
– Only women
– Only deaf
• How were the participants assigned?
Participant Information
Twenty-seven students from South
University (12 women and 15 men) ranging
in age from 17 to 43 years old, voluntarily
participated in this experiment. There were
9 participants randomly assigned to each of
the three conditions. Informed consent was
obtained from all participants.
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Sixteen undergraduates at South University
(12 males and 4 females) participated in
exchange for partial course credit. All
participants performed in the same way.
Data from 5 subjects who indicated that they
did not learn English before 5 years of age
were excluded from all analyses. No color-
blind subjects were included in any of the
experiments. Informed consent was
obtained from all participants.
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used in your experiment and to acquire the
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A survey was constructed and used that
contains six simple yes or no questions
dealing with honesty, cheating, stealing, and
not getting caught (see appendix). A
Monopoly game board was used for
demonstrating question one.
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The Social Phobia Scale was utilized in this study
(see Appendix). It is a questionnaire consisting of 15
items in which the subject is asked to put a
checkmark in the blank in front of any item that is
applied to them in the last six months. It was created
as an assignment in Psychological Statistics and
Measurements class at South University. Internal
reliability is been determined for the scale, and
content and construct validity have been established
as well.
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A website was created for presenting various
surveys (see appendix). The Keirsey
Temperament Sorter (Keirsey, 1998b) and the
Keirsey Character Sorter (Keirsey, 1998c) were
utilized to measure personality type. Two other
surveys developed by the researcher were also
administered: a short demographic survey (see
Appendix) and an assessment of the degree of
domestic violence experienced by each
participant (see appendix). All the surveys were
conducted on the computer with the results
recorded on an answer sheet (see appendix).
Example:
• What type of design did you use?
– Within subjects
• Counterbalancing
– Between subjects
– Quasi-experimental
– Experimental
– Correlational
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– What is your independent variable (s)? How
many levels?
– What it is your dependent variable (s)?
• Threats to internal or external validity
– What?
– How you intend to control for them
Design
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execution of the research
• Blue Print of your data collection process
• Should be sufficiently detailed so that anyone reading your
paper could conduct the study as you intended
• Provides a verbal record telling the reader
– Who
– What
– Where
– When
– Why
– How often
– How much
Procedures
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• Instructions to the participants
• Description of the setting
• Description of manipulation of the
independent variable
• How consent was obtained
• How data was collected
Include:
• Restate the issue/problem in counseling
• Summarize the rationale and purpose for
your study
• Summarize your expected results
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• Describe the significance of the study for
counseling
• Consider including:
– 3-4 reasons the study adds to the scholarly
literature (or)
– 3-4 reasons this study helps to improve
practice
Summary and Anticipated Results
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paper
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appear on the reference list, and every
entry in your reference list must be cited in
your paper
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per paper)
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IMPLICATIONSFOR TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE 12
Implications for Trauma-Informed Care: Adverse Childhood Trauma and Dissociation in the Lives of Male Offenders
Takia Owens
South University
CNS 6529 Research and Evaluation
Dr. Dan
3/8/2022
Abstract
Psychological abuse, household dysfunction, neglect, and physical abuse are examples of adverse childhood trauma. However, in efforts to support trauma-informed care for male offenders, the relationship between these adverse childhood traumatic events and dissociation must be determined. This study will utilize a qualitative research approach as well as a correlational research design. The study will include 30 participants drawn from Broad River and Lee county correction for the study.
Introduction
Adverse childhood experiences are traumatic events that occur in children aged 0 to 18, even before born in my opinion. An emotional abuse, a household dysfunction, neglect, and a physical abuse are examples of traumatic events. Adverse childhood trauma has long-term consequences in an individual’s life, resulting in higher levels of dissociation. This disassociation is more pronounced in male offenders. These negative childhood experiences are also one of the factors that contributed to the crimes committed by these individuals. However, more research is needed to determine how these adverse childhood traumas relate to the dissociation in male offenders.
This relationship will be critical in informing the provision of trauma-informed care to these offenders. Trauma is described as a traumatic occurrence that threatens one’s or others’ bodily or psychological well-being and causes feelings of fear, helplessness, or shock (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Bloom, 2013). Traumatic events have been a part of human life since the beginning of time. Severe accidents, violence, personal assaults, or natural disasters could all be examples. Various historical events illustrate the various forms of trauma that can occur in human life. These experiences have resulted in the creation of numerous trauma sources that have improved human knowledge of trauma. Human beings, on the other hand, are still subjected to trauma that affects their emotional, physical, spiritual, and psychological well-being.
Physical attack, combat, accidents, and human or natural disasters have all resulted in males experiencing trauma. Most men live in diverse cities are affected by violent trauma. The previous study on this found that gun, violence, and drug crimes were more rampant among the repeat victims of violence as compared to those that were accidentally injured (Coope.et-al, 2000). TIC is focused on an increasing understanding of the adverse effects of psychological trauma.
Trauma-informed care has been shown to enhance criminal responsiveness to evidence-based cognitive behavioral treatment, which minimizes criminal potential risks and supports integrated programming for offenders. Trauma is a common occurrence in society and among men and women. Victims could be retraumatized by the service system, affecting their willingness to join and interact while refocusing on negative trauma. Childhood trauma, emotional abuse, and having unmarried parents were all characteristics that significantly predicted sexual deviance in male offenders.
Child physical maltreatment and substance misuse were both major predictors of violent sexual behavior. Trauma is something that almost everyone has experienced at some point in their lives (Coope.et-al, 2000). Because different people have varied degrees of psychological, bodily, and mental responses to trauma, the effects of this experience are unique to everyone. Trauma in the early stages of development makes a person vulnerable to trauma later in life due to continuous stress and the development of mental disorders like depression, anxiety, and personality disorders.
Trauma has an impact on dealing with the physical, neurological, and psychological symptoms and consequences for male offenders’ early childhood development and separation. Many offenders were victims of child abuse and family dysfunction when they were adolescents, and incarcerated clients have significantly higher rates of poor childhood experiences. The entire aim of TIC is to include knowledge of the neurobiological, social, and psychological effects of trauma into policies, methods, and practices that promote a safe, caring, and fair service delivery setting.
Review of Literature
Fung et al. (2019) conducted a study to see if there was a link between negative childhood experiences and dissociation. To examine the link between adverse childhood experiences and dissociation, the authors used questionnaires about adverse childhood experiences and dissociation. The authors assessed dissociation using the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire, whereas the adverse childhood question was used to measure a history of emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction (Fung et al., 2019). The study discovered a connection between dissociation and traumatic childhood experiences in which participants reported significant levels of dissociation.
To help evaluate the association between childhood traumatic events and dissociation, Rafiq et al. (2018) did a comprehensive evaluation of 30 different empirical investigations. The publications for this study were obtained from the databases Embase, PubMed, and PsycINFO. The researchers discovered a link between adverse childhood trauma and dissociation. Individuals who were exposed to traumatic events as children had a higher level of detachment. The researchers also discovered that dissociations are linked to specific negative childhood events (Rafiq et al., 2018). The authors found that people who have had traumatic childhood experiences require proper therapeutic support to manage and resolve dissociative symptoms.
Which is defined as an experienced or observed event that threatens one’s physical or mental well-being. As we notice that some people are not diagnose with mental illness to later on and that mental illness and trauma concerns are among the most common challenges that most people face in today’s society. Behavioral, cognitive, and emotional well-being are all part of mental health. As a result, mental illness is defined as the condition that affects a person’s mood, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Anxiety, major bipolar disorder, depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, and trauma are some of the most frequent mental diseases. Mental health and trauma issues are frequently caused by several causes.
A study by Degnan et al. (2022) looked at the link between childhood interpersonal trauma, negative symptoms, and psychological mediators. For the investigations, the authors utilized a total of 240 people who had experienced childhood trauma and attachment dissociation. The findings revealed a link between childhood trauma and dissociative experiences among the study’s participants.
When providing care using trauma-informed approaches and strategies, the author suggested that healthcare providers explore the relationship between dissociation and adverse childhood events. Rabito et al. (2020) conducted research to determine the link between childhood trauma and dissociative symptoms. For their study, the authors used 22 participants and variables such as age, gender, marital status, and the maturity level of commencement of the condition.
The Dissociative Experiences Sea, the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire, and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire were employed by the researchers. The outcomes of the study reveal a link between childhood trauma and dissociative symptoms. The authors suggested that affected individuals employ cognitive-behavioral therapy to assist them deal with their dissociation symptoms. Wagner et al. (2021) done extensive research to evaluate mentalization and dissociation following traumatic childhood experiences. The Mentalization Questionnaire, the Essener Trauma Inventory, and the Brief Symptom Inventory were provided to 77 offenders for the study.
The authors next used the SPSS process tool to investigate the link between traumatic childhood events and individual dissociation. The study discovered a link between severe childhood trauma and increased levels of dissociation and mentalization in adults (Wagner et al., 2021). Individuals with low mentalization were linked to worse sadness, anxiety, somatization, and post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the authors.
Sun et al. (2018) carried out a study to determine whether dissociation mediates the relationship between childhood trauma and hallucination. The authors administered questionnaires and carried out interviews on sixty-six participants. Sun et al. (2018) used clinician-rated measures to evaluate the relationship between these two factors. The study determined a positive correlation between childhood trauma and dissociation. The authors concluded that dissociative symptoms are part of routine assessment among individuals with a history of childhood trauma.
Method
Participants
Thirty Individuals will be recruited from different prisons across Broad River and Lee county correction for the study. After obtaining all the study’s details, informed consent will be acquired. The study’s participants will be chosen using the stratified sampling approach. Male offenders will be separated into groups based on their classification. Nonviolent, violent and, and extremely violent in which following these three factors. Whites, African Americans, and Hispanics will be the races studied. Participants will range in age between 20 to 39 years old. They will be separated into ten-year age groups. The ages of the participants will range from 20 to 29, 30 to 39. The participants should also have a history of adverse childhood events and a higher level of dissociation.
Materials
To measure adverse childhood events, the Adverse Childhood Experiences questionnaire will be administered. The questionnaire will have ten questions and will be used to evaluate various types of childhood traumatic events. Physical abuse, verbal abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse are the traumatic experiences that will be analyzed using these questionnaires. The Dissociative Experiences Scale questionnaire is used as the second piece of research material. Bernstein and Putnam created this scale to evaluate individual dissociation. The ernis Felt Sense of Anomaly will be administered as the third measure to assess the subset of dissociative experiences among the participants of the study.
Design
The primary research will be guided by the qualitative research approach. Non-numerical data will be collected, analyzed, and interpreted in this location. The qualitative research technique will allow researchers to identify and comprehend the connection between adverse childhood trauma and dissociation in male criminals’ lives. The correlational research design was adopted in this study. This design will be utilized to investigate the link between adverse childhood trauma episodes and male offenders’ dissociation. It will assist in the recognition of trends and patterns in the data collected, as well as providing information on how trauma-informed care can be provided to these offenders.
Procedure
The Adverse Childhood Experiences questionnaire, the Dissociative Experiences Scale questionnaire, and the Ernis Felt Sense of Anomaly questionnaire will be administered to the selected participants. They will be expected to complete the questionnaires with the assistance of mental health professionals. The data will be evaluated using content analysis, which will be applied to identify communication patterns that have been recorded. Common words, topics, and concepts will be recognized by the content analysis. It will also enable the measurement and analysis of the detected topics to determine their significance and linkages. The relationship analysis component of the analysis will be used to identify the link between adverse childhood events and dissociation.
Expected Results
That there is a positive relationship between adverse childhood trauma and dissociation among male offenders. The study’s intended findings are that there is a link between adverse childhood trauma and dissociation among male criminals. Is it true that having a traumatic upbringing will have an impact on your life path? Will you be imprisoned, or will things progress for the better, or will the childhood trauma continue? When providing trauma-informed therapy, this intended result underlines the need of taking traumatic childhood events into perspective. Will trauma-informed care be useful in treating male offenders yes it will be useful.
Discussion
Individuals who have had a traumatic childhood are more likely to commit crimes. Physical abuse, mental abuse, and neglect are examples of unfavorable childhood traumas. However, it is important to investigate whether there is a link between these traumatic childhood events and male criminals.
As we talk about behavior and childhood, we can refer to these theorists according to Freud’s view, the body goes through numerous psychosexual stages. Psychodynamic theories, on the other hand, are concerned with the internal forces that drive people’s behavior. Erik Erikson’s theory, for example, examines an individual’s development through eight stages of examining behavioral flaws.
Cognitive theories, on the other hand, highlight that individuals’ attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs shape their behavioral substantial link exists between adverse childhood trauma and dissociation, according to a literature evaluation based on much research. These findings imply that when treating male criminals, mental health providers should consider unpleasant childhood experiences. This will enable trauma-informed care to be provided to this population, ensuring their overall well-being.
Conclusion
The study’s research approach is a correlational research design, which will be utilized to assess the association between adverse childhood trauma events and male offenders’ dissociation. The study will include 30 individuals who will be chosen using a stratified sample approach from different prison institutions in the South Carolina. This approach will ensure that people of all experiences, such as race and age, are fairly represented. The study’s intended findings are that there is a link between adverse childhood trauma and dissociation among males’ offenders.
As stated that the purpose of the planned research is to see if there is a link between adverse childhood trauma and dissociation in male criminals. This study’s findings will be critical in informing trauma-informed care for male offenders to secure their overall well-being. The Adverse Childhood Experiences questionnaire and the ernis Felt Sense of Anomaly questionnaire will be used to collect data in a qualitative manner.
References
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